About Akvaplan-niva

For over 40 years, we have helped industries and governments make well-informed decisions on aquatic and environmental matters.

Akvaplan-niva is a Norwegian not-for profit research and consulting company. Our areas of expertise include the physical environment, biological diversity, and ecological processes in ocean and freshwater.

We contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge via our own research and provide research based advisory services for innovation and environmentally friendly operations for our clients.

We operate our own research and innovation facility (FISK) on Kvaløya, Tromsø.

Akvaplan-niva is founder and owner of Arctic Frontiers, an annual conference held in Tromsø since 2007.

The company was established in 1984 and is a subsidiary of NIVA, the Norwegian Institute for Water Research.